Comments on: The Rolling Sants – Mud-Slinging Tour 2008

By: Adrian Borg

Adrian Borg — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:08:59 +0000

I just got this link by email. Zerop Tolerance!!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EsK_1yuFRsI

By: ESSO

ESSO — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:09:33 +0000

No comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTMuaiokTMs

By: europarl

europarl — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:08:32 +0000

They say there are no adverse effects from preaching to the converted. If anything, it gives a psychological boost to the needy.

Yet my advice is,take it easy. An overkill can backfire so bad you’ll all need psychological help come Sunday.

Intellectual fascism has a life of its own. It is beyond your control even if it emanates from you.

By: MJ

MJ — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:02:10 +0000

Alfred Sant’s advisors had a very difficult task to come up with a campaign, and they must be looking forward to seeing it coming to an end.

I think that there is a very good reason why the MLP campaign has been dominated by conspiracy theories. It’s Sant’s strong point. He’s a good novelist. He’s also very well read, and I’m sure that he came across George Berkeley who (in a nutshell) claimed that in life, there is no reality – just perceptions. In a country where the vast majority of people don’t even read a single book in a whole year, creating perceptions is an easy task.

Furthermore, the MLP cannot afford to base an electoral campaign on proposals – as experience has taught them that whenever they tried to put proposals forward they made a mess. The devaluation of the Lira, the Reception Class, the 50% deduction from the surcharge and other proposals are a few examples of this. The proposals put forward by the MLP generated more negative comments than positive ones.

Additionally, Sant is also aware of the fact that he may fall victim of his impromptu proposals – like the VAT removal proposal in 1996. Everyone in his right senses would admit that this was a whole mess. So, it is much easier to keep Sant away from Policies and have him focus on one of his prevalent talents – making up stories.

He also tried to convince us that a donation that was presented officially in front of the press is an act of corruption. One may argue that it could have been technically incorrect to sponsor a profitable organisation; but to claim it is corruption is ludicrous for want of a better word.

Ironically, Sant is trying to convince us that he’s whiter than white – when the huge doubts that were cast on his election as MLP leader have never been cleared. In Freudian terms, this is a defence mechanism referred to as ‘projection’. Since the commissioner of police and the ombudsman are a smokescreen, he had appointed three funny-looking creatures to investigate the infamous election. And – wonder of wonders – it was squeaky clean like all the allegations against MLP candidates and/or representatives. If the allegations involve PN candidates, they become undeniable fact. However, if the alleged behaviour was committed by a MLP candidate, Inspector Sherlock Clouseau Sant certifies them as fiction. Anyone who’s not devoid of grey matter can see how sad this behaviour is.

One must not also forget the Marketing challenge. For Sant’s advisors, it’s a hell of a job to convince the consumers that a product that was tried and proven to be hugely faulty 10 years ago is now a good one. To make matters worse, there have been no improvements on this product and time has left its toll.

If anything, it just got more rusty!

By: Charles Cauchi

Charles Cauchi — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:56:45 +0000

The stark contrast between Dr. Sant’s doom and gloom laden and unanswered questions press conference and a tired but uplifting and straightforward Dr. Gonzi should convince anyone with a modicum of intelligence who to choose next Saturday.

The positioning of the two press conferences showed clearly the difference between the Dr. Sant and Dr. Gonzi.

By the way, is Dr. Sant going to set up an advisory board on planned parenthood to teach prospective mothers on how to plan to have their children at the right time of the year to take advantage of the reception year?